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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
The road performance of various American cars, with a comparison of V-type and inline-eight engines.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 173\1\  img352
Date  19th February 1934 guessed
  
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Road Performance American Cars

I received your cable and you will have had my reply. I purposely avoided mentioning 12 cyls as I have not yet tried all that are available and so have not a truly representative impression.

I have so far tried
1934 Packard 12 1934 Pontiac 8 1934 Cadillac V8
2 1934 Lincolns 12 1934 Buick 8 1933 Plymouth 6
1933 Buick 8

I shall, if importunity prevails, get a run on an Airflow Chrysler next week, no one at Cadillac's has been able to try one yet as the first-production one was only completed yesterday. Also I shall drive Cadillac 12's & 16's.

COMPARISON OF VEE AND LINE EIGHTS

SMOOTHNESS.
I was fortunately able to drive a Cadillac Vee 8 120 miles yesterday and did about 90 on a Buick earlier in the week. Judging by these two cars the line 8 has it every time. It is smoother and more silent, particularly at the higher speeds. The V eight had some nasty crankshaft periods that
  
  


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